ATS buys tech­nol­ogy for high-speed as­sem­bly

CAM­BRIDGE — ATS Au­toma­tion Tool­ing Sys­tems says it has ac­quired most of the in­tel­lec­tual prop­erty as­sets of Trans­formix Engi­neer­ing. The Cam­bridge­based com­pany said it paid $10 mil­lion for the as­sets. It said the tech­nol­ogy from Kingston-based Trans­formix pro­vides a method of link­ing and syn­chro­niz­ing the move­ments of de­vices and tool­ing, al­low­ing faster and more ef­fi­cient as­sem­bly sys­tems. ATS, a man­u­fac­turer of fac­tory au­toma­tion sys­tems, said the tech­nol­ogy is suit­able for any as­sem­bly op­er­a­tion where high pre­ci­sion mo­tion con­trol is re­quired.